Lightning is “frequently observed in the ... for having “relatively steep sides and are more cone-shaped than shield volcanoes.” This week, a volcano in Indonesia's North Maluku province ...

Videos on social media showed bright purple flashes of lightning over the volcano during the eruption. Data from a ground-based global lightning detection network owned and operated by the Finnish ...

That storm now boasts the most lightning ever recorded on Earth. Hanging ominously above the Pacific Ocean was a volcanic cloud lit by concentric rings of lightning that flashed about 192,000 ...

At least 2,600 lightning bolts each minute were detected during peak activity, shattering rates from any other weather system, storm or volcanic eruption recorded in Earth’s history. Using the ...

Now researchers in a new report have unveiled something else: the eruption set off more than 25,500 lightning events in just five minutes. Over the course of just six hours, the volcano triggered ...

Now, researchers report observations of the same Hunga eruption in Tonga producing a lofty volcanic thunderstorm that produced the most intense lightning ever recorded. At its peak, the sprawling ...

An analysis of volcanic rocks has revealed large quantities of nitrogen compounds that were almost certainly formed by volcanic lightning. This process could have provided the nitrogen required ...

You can get in touch with Anders by emailing [email protected] A stunning video of spider-web lightning striking a volcano in Guatemala in what almost appears to be a spectacular firework ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to “see” and trace lightning inside a plume of ash spewing from an actively erupting volcano. When Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano began rumbling ...

Poland described the volcano as "fascinating" but reassured that it "doesn't really pose a hazard". Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, similar to Mauna Loa, the world's most active volcano ...